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rights it was martin luther king. only an individual there were only a couple individuals i can think of paul robeson w.b. to boys. a mouth a man who you know would go to the united nations and say that discrimination against african-americans negroes in those days was a global issue in the united nations should get involved and but it didn't really register with us what what happened was that south africa in particular the demonstration it kicked off at the south african embassy. if we recognized our it's not a word our global name we recognized look our struggle really is a global struggle because simultaneous to these civil rights struggle domesticity here in the united states there is you know there was the the the fight against colonist on the continent of africa and south africa was a major a major part of that and so we became global and then you remember college campuses you probably remember this remember we start talking about disinvestment you know and we're you know most of us didn't have a dime in the sto
rights it was martin luther king. only an individual there were only a couple individuals i can think of paul robeson w.b. to boys. a mouth a man who you know would go to the united nations and say that discrimination against african-americans negroes in those days was a global issue in the united nations should get involved and but it didn't really register with us what what happened was that south africa in particular the demonstration it kicked off at the south african embassy. if we...
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seventy one african-americans are saying hey what about us you know and they've they've finally gotten civil rights legislation martin luther king had just been assassinated gay people were commonalities stonewalls nine hundred sixty nine young people were saying hell no i won't go to vietnam i mean literally every facet of society except for old rich white guys were in the open or rebellion and on the social side so it seems that all those one nine hundred fifty s. predictions about you know if that middle class gets too big this is this ronald reagan's reason why college shouldn't be free if that middle class gets too big and too strong and too healthy they'll start demanding things while they were at the same time business was under assault in one nine hundred sixty two you had racial carlson publish your book silent spring in one thousand nine hundred sixty five ralph nader had published on safe at any speed the consequence of those two books was a brand new environmental movement and a brand new consumer movement so by nine hundred seventy one when lewis powell set down and wrote a memo
seventy one african-americans are saying hey what about us you know and they've they've finally gotten civil rights legislation martin luther king had just been assassinated gay people were commonalities stonewalls nine hundred sixty nine young people were saying hell no i won't go to vietnam i mean literally every facet of society except for old rich white guys were in the open or rebellion and on the social side so it seems that all those one nine hundred fifty s. predictions about you know...
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this is europe this is our destiny to put you right now is greece it's spain it's ireland it's italy it's corruption it's poverty it's our. banks toure's running out of control it's cyprus it's confiscation of private bank deposits i mean that's the e.u. right now that's a new reality so i'm not really sure that the people that are on the street demanding to join the e.u. know this or are quite sure what that entails several polish politicians including the former prime minister and the vice president of the european parliament went to kiev to support the protesters john laughlin from the institute of democracy incorporation in paris says this mirrors the events of the orange revolution. the rumors of a coup are to be taken with some seriousness but i would be surprised if the events of two thousand and four the orange revolution could be repeated i think it would be difficult for the pro western forces in ukraine to pull off the same trick twice it's absolutely disgraceful for european politicians to travel this way as they did ten years ago when members of the european parliament a
this is europe this is our destiny to put you right now is greece it's spain it's ireland it's italy it's corruption it's poverty it's our. banks toure's running out of control it's cyprus it's confiscation of private bank deposits i mean that's the e.u. right now that's a new reality so i'm not really sure that the people that are on the street demanding to join the e.u. know this or are quite sure what that entails several polish politicians including the former prime minister and the vice...
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rights also this is the biggest piece of ledger. and i remind you that this that there were over twenty democrats who voted against it this was never bipartisan legislation was pushed through it was a democrat versus republican vote which i accept because that's how the senate in the house work but our politics have changed since then in response to this legislation you can't forget the results of two thousand and ten or two thousand and twelve the american people want them to get along to talk to compromise and to make something good happen and it's not happening how on earth do you do that i agree with you but when you've got a republican base that is dead set against this president that hates this president and when you've got people who are elected to congress for the sole purpose of impeding anything he wants to do i'm just not exactly sure what that road the compromise looks like i believe in it i wish it were possible but the notion that the president because again remember if you were to just go off on his own issue some exe
rights also this is the biggest piece of ledger. and i remind you that this that there were over twenty democrats who voted against it this was never bipartisan legislation was pushed through it was a democrat versus republican vote which i accept because that's how the senate in the house work but our politics have changed since then in response to this legislation you can't forget the results of two thousand and ten or two thousand and twelve the american people want them to get along to talk...